Gun sight



Feb. 21, 1950 M. DE JONGE 2,498,155

GUN SIGHT Filed June 1946 Mmvmjla 60mg,

Patented Feb. 21, 1950 s:-

" emie WEN-r;emce- GUN SIGHT Marvin De J onge, Zeeland, Mich.Application June 3, 1946, Serial No. 673,955

1 Claim.

insure an approximate right elevation of the rear end of the barrelwhereby a line through the rear sight to the front end sight extendedoutward will very closely cover the target shot at.

It is a principal object and purpose of the present invention to producea sight of the type stated, very simply made from a length of fiatmetal, the major portion of which is formed into a ring, and from thelower side of the ring a base is extended which may be rigidly securedat the upper side and near the rear end of the gun barrel, the ringbeing open from front to rear so that its axis may be substantiallyalined with the sight at the upper side and front end of the gun barrel.The construction of sight is very economical to produce and the gun maybe very quickly sighted with its use by positioning the gun so that thefront sight is observed through the open ring.

An understanding of the invention may be had from the followingdescription, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, inwhich,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a shot gun equipped with the rear sightof my invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan of the strip of flat metal from which the sight ismade.

Fig. 3 is a plan showing the first step in the manufacture of the sightin which a section of the metal fromwhich the ring is made is bentlaterally from the base.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the completed sight, and

Figs. 5 and 6 are perspective views of the sight, the views being takenat opposite sides of the ring portion thereof. v

Like reference characters refer to like parts in the different figuresof the drawing.

As is common in all shot guns, it includes a rear stock I with thebarrel 2 secured to the stock and extending forwardly therefrom. Thesight of my invention is to be secured at the upper side and near theback end of the barrel 2.

In the construction of the gun sight of my invention a flat strip ofmetal in practice approximately one-eighth or three-sixteenths of aninch in width is provided which, atone end portion, as shown, has holes4 punched or drilled therethrcugh. Between the ends of the strip it isto be bent upon a diagonal line indicated at 5, the other end of thestrip having an inclined edge 6 substantially parallel to the line 5,defining a section 1 in the form of a parallelogram as shown in Fig. 2.The metal strip is bent upon the line 5, as shown in Fig. 3, disposingsaid section 1 at right angles to the base 3. Said section I is thenformed into the circular ring 8 with the end edge 6 brought against theinclined bending line 5 to form a completed circle with a substantiallyperfect joint where the end of the ring at the edge 6 abuts against thediagonal bend a The sight is located at the upper side of the rear endportion of the barrel 2, adjacent the breach and is secured by thescrews 9 which pass through the openings 4 and threaded into the barrel.Preferably the ring 8 is at the forward end of the base 3, but the sightcould be secured to the barrel in a reverse position without affectingits operation.

In the use of the sight as thus installed on a shot gun barrel, theraising of the gun to the shoulder and the leveling of and toward gameto be fired at is rapid, the front and rear sights being quickly alined,and as soon as the front sight is seen through the ring 8, the gun isproperly aimed.

The sight is particularly useful in conjunction with shot guns in whicha number of small pellets, instead of a single bullet are fired, and notbeing required to draw down to a fine sight, as in rifle firing. Whatis, required is speed of action, and a proper aiming of the gun at whatis usually a rapidly moving target with a firing of the gun withincomparatively short range. The ring sight which I have provided insuresthat the aim shall be approximately upon the target. for all practicalpurposes directly upon the target, inasmuch as thespreading of the shotincreases or enlarges the 'field which is covered, so that if the movingtarget is within such field it will be struck and brought down. There isa very rapid alinement of the sights to the degree necessary forefilcient shooting.

The invention is defined in the appended claim and is to be consideredcomprehensive of all forms of structure coming within its scope.

I claim:

A gun sight made from a single elongated piece of material having a fiatbase portion at one end adapted to be attached to a gun barrel, saidmaterial at one end of said base portion being folded to provide a sightportion extending at right angles to said base portion, said foldextending at an angle of 45 to the longitudinal edges of the baseportion and the extreme end of said sight portion extending at an angleof 45 to its edges, said sight portion being bent 4 intoeircular formwith its angular end Joining the correspondingly angular fold.

The fOl MARVIN DE J ONGE.

REFERENCES CITED lowing references are of record in the file of thispatent:

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